Trenton
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #1,038 for boys in 2025, 213 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 2,335 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 58,557since 1913
Trenton over time
Rank among boys' names. Trenton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,038 | 213 | |
| 2024 | — | #885 | 271 | |
| 2023 | — | #855 | 282 | |
| 2022 | — | #773 | 327 | |
| 2021 | — | #656 | 415 | |
| 2020 | — | #619 | 438 | |
| 2019 | — | #546 | 515 | |
| 2018 | — | #510 | 553 | |
| 2017 | — | #449 | 683 | |
| 2016 | — | #388 | 821 | |
| 2015 | — | #339 | 1,015 | |
| 2014 | — | #305 | 1,159 | |
| 2013 | — | #266 | 1,339 | |
| 2012 | — | #239 | 1,512 | |
| 2011 | — | #217 | 1,629 | |
| 2010 | — | #212 | 1,691 | |
| 2009 | — | #207 | 1,834 | |
| 2008 | — | #196 | 2,055 | |
| 2007 | — | #178 | 2,335 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #192 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | — | #190 | 2,104 | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #187 | 2,055 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #179 | 2,181 |
| 2002 | — | #180 | 2,119 | |
| 2001 | — | #181 | 2,082 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #178 | 2,063 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #180 | 1,943 |
| 1998 | — | #183 | 1,830 | |
| 1997 | — | #182 | 1,808 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #187 | 1,707 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #199 | 1,529 |
| 1994 | — | #224 | 1,298 | |
| 1993 | — | #229 | 1,278 | |
| 1992 | — | #239 | 1,203 | |
| 1991 | — | #253 | 1,085 | |
| 1990 | — | #266 | 1,011 | |
| 1989 | — | #256 | 994 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #282 | 828 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #316 | 673 |
| 1986 | — | #307 | 670 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #309 | 663 |
| 1984 | — | #357 | 510 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #387 | 429 |
| 1982 | — | #405 | 418 | |
| 1981 | — | #450 | 336 | |
| 1980 | — | #437 | 356 | |
| 1979 | — | #391 | 419 | |
| 1978 | — | #410 | 359 | |
| 1977 | — | #480 | 285 | |
| 1976 | — | #502 | 255 | |
| 1975 | — | #488 | 269 | |
| 1974 | — | #522 | 230 | |
| 1973 | — | #573 | 192 | |
| 1972 | — | #537 | 220 | |
| 1971 | — | #526 | 234 | |
| 1970 | — | #535 | 228 | |
| 1969 | — | #587 | 175 | |
| 1968 | — | #631 | 144 | |
| 1967 | — | #696 | 114 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | — | #809 | 87 | |
| 1963 | — | #875 | 73 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,108 | 48 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,265 | 38 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Trenton! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1918, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Trenton
- 153 spots since 2024 (#885 → #1,038)
- 419 spots since 2020 (#619 → #1,038)
- 699 spots since 2015 (#339 → #1,038)
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1963 (#1,108 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2025 (#885 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2007 at #178 (2,335 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1963–2024
- Highest: 1 in 889 boys born in 2007 were named Trenton (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,019 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Trenton (20,898) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,511 (1919) | #3,174 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,043 (1924) | #2,769 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,522 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,519 (1948) | #2,058 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,265 (1959) | #1,751 |
| 1960s | 931 | #587 (1969) | #847 |
| 1970s | 2,691 | #391 (1979) | #496 |
| 1980s | 5,877 | #256 (1989) | #351 |
| 1990s | 14,692 | #180 (1999) | #214 |
| 2000s | 20,898 | #178 (2007) | #187 |
| 2010s | 10,917 | #212 (2010) | #347 |
| 2020s | 1,946 | #619 (2020) | #804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Trenton in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Trenton, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,567Zuly7
- #10,567Zury7
- #10,567Zyanya7
- #11,807Trenton6
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
- #13,518Aaleeyah5
- #13,518Abbiegail5
- #13,518Abigahil5
Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,110 of them was named Trenton, which outranked 98.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.